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Advice on optical drive/SSD upgrade to my trusty mac?

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Hi iFixit, thanks for an awesome website.

My MBP 15" A1260 is coming up on 4 years. Instead of dropping serious cash on a new one, I think I'll extend its life a bit more with an SSD, moving the HDD to the optical drive. Can you give me some advice please? In essence:

- Will the SSD upgrade provide a worthwhile performance increase?

- Will the HDD move to the (PATA) optical drive bay result in much slower HDD performance?

Detailed questions below:

'''The specs:'''

MBP 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM

'''The SSD:'''

- I'm looking at a 128GB Crucial M4. Is this a wise choice?

- Anything I should know about the SATA connection in my latpop? I know it's 1.5 Gb/s; will the SSD be throttled to pointlessness? 150MB/s makes me question the point of this upgrade a bit... :(

- Or, should I thus be considering a different SSD?

'''The optical bay:'''

- I've found the PATA to SATA caddy from AMZNeTek on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/caddy-Macbook-A1260-Drive-Adapter/dp/B005FIWA6O).

- The drive going in there will be a 500GB Seagate Momentus, 7200RPM. Will I see a serious decrease in speed when I move this drive? I see PATA/ATA 100 can do 100MB/s, which of course is round about what the HDD will do in the best case.

- Anything I'm blatantly missing...? :)

Thanks for your time,

Stephen

Device:

MacBook Pro 15" A1260

Tags:

optical drive, ssd, upgrade path, pata

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Accepted Answer:

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Edit by Steve,

Title:

Advice on optical drive/SSD upgrade to my trusty mac?

Text:

Hi iFixit, thanks for an awesome website.

My MBP 15" A1260 is coming up on 4 years. Instead of dropping serious cash on a new one, I think I'll extend its life a bit more with an SSD, moving the HDD to the optical drive. Can you give me some advice please? In essence:

- Will the SSD upgrade provide a worthwhile performance increase?

- Will the HDD move to the (PATA) optical drive bay result in much slower HDD performance?

Detailed questions below:

'''The specs:'''

MBP 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM

'''The SSD:'''

- I'm looking at a 128GB Crucial M4. Is this a wise choice?

- Anything I should know about the SATA connection in my latpop? I know it's 1.5 Gb/s; will the SSD be throttled to pointlessness? 150MB/s makes me question the point of this upgrade a bit... :(

- Or, should I thus be considering a different SSD?

'''The optical bay:'''

- I've found the PATA to SATA caddy from AMZNeTek on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/caddy-Macbook-A1260-Drive-Adapter/dp/B005FIWA6O).

- The drive going in there will be a 500GB Seagate Momentus, 7200RPM. Will I see a serious decrease in speed when I move this drive? I see PATA/ATA 100 can do 100MB/s, which of course is round about what the HDD will do in the best case.

- Anything I'm blatantly missing...? :)

Thanks for your time,

Stephen

Device:

MacBook Pro 15" A1260

Tags:

optical drive, ssd, upgrade path, pata

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

93108

Edit by Steve,

Title:

Advice on optical drive/SSD upgrade to my trusty mac?

Text:

Hi iFixit, thanks for an awesome website.

My MBP 15" A1260 is coming up on 4 years. Instead of dropping serious cash on a new one, I think I'll extend its life a bit more with an SSD, moving the HDD to the optical drive. Can you give me some advice please? In essence:

- Will the SSD upgrade provide a worthwhile performance increase?

- Will the HDD move to the (PATA) optical drive bay result in much slower HDD performance?

Detailed questions below:

'''The specs:'''

MBP 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM

'''The SSD:'''

- I'm looking at a 128GB Crucial M4. Is this a wise choice?

- Anything I should know about the SATA connection in my latpop? I know it's 1.5 Gb/s; will the SSD be throttled to pointlessness? 150MB/s makes me question the point of this upgrade a bit... :(

- Or, should I thus be considering a different SSD?

'''The optical bay:'''

- I've found the PATA to SATA caddy from AMZNeTek on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/caddy-Macbook-A1260-Drive-Adapter/dp/B005FIWA6O).

- The drive going in there will be a 500GB Seagate Momentus, 7200RPM. Will I see a serious decrease in speed when I move this drive? I see PATA/ATA 100 can do 100MB/s, which of course is round about what the HDD will do in the best case.

- Anything I'm blatantly missing...? :)

Thanks for your time,

Stephen

Device:

MacBook Pro 15" A1260

Tags:

optical drive, ssd, upgrade path, pata

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

93108

Edit by machead3,

Title:

Advice on optical drive/SSD upgrade to my trusty mac?

Text:

Hi iFixit, thanks for an awesome website.

My MBP 15" A1260 is coming up on 4 years. Instead of dropping serious cash on a new one, I think I'll extend its life a bit more with an SSD, moving the HDD to the optical drive. Can you give me some advice please? In essence:

- Will the SSD upgrade provide a worthwhile performance increase?

- Will the HDD move to the (PATA) optical drive bay result in much slower HDD performance?

Detailed questions below:

'''The specs:'''

MBP 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM

'''The SSD:'''

- I'm looking at a 128GB Crucial M4. Is this a wise choice?

- Anything I should know about the SATA connection in my latpop? I know it's 1.5 Gb/s; will the SSD be throttled to pointlessness? 150MB/s makes me question the point of this upgrade a bit... :(

- Or, should I thus be considering a different SSD?

'''The optical bay:'''

- I've found the PATA to SATA caddy from AMZNeTek on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/caddy-Macbook-A1260-Drive-Adapter/dp/B005FIWA6O).

- The drive going in there will be a 500GB Seagate Momentus, 7200RPM. Will I see a serious decrease in speed when I move this drive? I see PATA/ATA 100 can do 100MB/s, which of course is round about what the HDD will do in the best case.

- Anything I'm blatantly missing...? :)

Thanks for your time,

Stephen

Device:

MacBook Pro 15" A1260

Tags:

optical drive, pata, sata i, ssdssd, upgrade path, pata
optical drive, pata, sata i, ssdssd, upgrade path, pata

Status:

open

Edit by Steve,

Title:

Advice on optical drive/SSD upgrade to my trusty mac?

Text:

Hi iFixit, thanks for an awesome website.
My MBP 15" A1260 is coming up on 4 years. Instead of dropping serious cash on a new one, I think I'll extend its life a bit more with an SSD, moving the HDD to the optical drive. Can you give me some advice please? In essence:
- Will the SSD upgrade provide a worthwhile performance increase?
- Will the HDD move to the (PATA) optical drive bay result in much slower HDD performance?
Detailed questions below:
'''The specs:'''
MBP 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM
'''The SSD:'''
- I'm looking at a 128GB Crucial M4. Is this a wise choice?
- Anything I should know about the SATA connection in my latpop? I know it's 1.5 Gb/s; will the SSD be throttled to pointlessness? 150MB/s makes me question the point of this upgrade a bit... :(
- Or, should I thus be considering a different SSD?
'''The optical bay:'''
- I've found the PATA to SATA caddy from AMZNeTek on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/caddy-Macbook-A1260-Drive-Adapter/dp/B005FIWA6O).
- The drive going in there will be a 500GB Seagate Momentus, 7200RPM. Will I see a serious decrease in speed when I move this drive? I see PATA/ATA 100 can do 100MB/s, which of course is round about what the HDD will do in the best case.
- Anything I'm blatantly missing...? :)
Thanks for your time,
Stephen

Device:

MacBook Pro 15" A1260

Tags:

optical drive, pata, sata i, ssd

Status:

open

Original post by Steve,

Title:

Advice on optical drive/SSD upgrade to my trusty mac?

Text:

Hi iFixit, thanks for an awesome website.

My MBP 15" A1260 is coming up on 4 years. Instead of dropping serious cash on a new one, I think I'll extend its life a bit more with an SSD, moving the HDD to the optical drive. Can you give me some advice please? In essence:

- Will the SSD upgrade provide a worthwhile performance increase?

- Will the HDD move to the (PATA) optical drive bay result in much slower HDD performance?

Detailed questions below:

'''The specs:'''

MBP 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM

'''The SSD:'''

- I'm looking at a 128GB Crucial M4. Is this a wise choice?

- Anything I should know about the SATA connection in my latpop? I know it's 1.5 Gb/s; will the SSD be throttled to pointlessness? 150MB/s makes me question the point of this upgrade a bit... :(

- Or, should I thus be considering a different SSD?

'''The optical bay:'''

- I've found the PATA to SATA caddy from AMZNeTek on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/caddy-Macbook-A1260-Drive-Adapter/dp/B005FIWA6O).

- The drive going in there will be a 500GB Seagate Momentus, 7200RPM. Will I see a serious decrease in speed when I move this drive? I see PATA/ATA 100 can do 100MB/s, which of course is round about what the HDD will do in the best case.

Thanks for your time,

Stephen

Device:

MacBook Pro 15" A1260

Tags:

optical drive, pata, sata i, ssd

Status:

open